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Piterpicher Veteran Editor IV from Poland, for real (Series 2) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
Veteran Editor IV
#1: Jun 17th 2021 at 4:48:22 AM

Has existed since 2010, but there are only 11 wicks. that means Starving on Wick, so it's not performing well enough. I vote cut.

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Berrenta MOD Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Bejeweled (she/her)
#2: Jun 17th 2021 at 5:57:21 AM

~Piterpitcher, like with Improvised Sail, this can use some crosswicking. Let's try that first.

Edit. Time to reignite this thread for discussion, since I cannot get the wicks into the 20's. How about we yard this trope, since the concept is salvageable?

Edited by Berrenta on Jun 17th 2021 at 8:51:47 AM

Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#3: Jun 17th 2021 at 6:57:49 AM

Got it to 18 + those two Administrivia indices (coupla OP Es were not crosswicked). Three more examples anyone?

However, I'd prefer to merge with the supertrope Hard-to-Light Fire than cut.

Theriocephalus Amateur Veteran from gimme a map and a moment and I can tell you Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Amateur Veteran
#4: Jun 17th 2021 at 7:05:00 AM

If we want to keep this trope as is, yarding seems like the best option — the description could also use some fleshing out. Otherwise, it could conceivably also be merged with Hard-to-Light Fire.

GastonRabbit C'est la vie. (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
C'est la vie. (he/him)
#5: Jun 17th 2021 at 7:08:03 AM

I'd prefer to merge with Hard-to-Light Fire. Doesn't help that the trope name is confusingly similar to Down to the Last Play — I didn't know that the trope was about starting fires until I clicked on the thread.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Jun 17th 2021 at 9:10:41 AM

I got a rock for Halloween.
ImperialMajestyXO Since: Nov, 2015
#6: Jun 17th 2021 at 7:12:34 AM

Put me down for yarding this.

FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#7: Jun 17th 2021 at 7:12:57 AM

[up] This. I think it's distinct enough.

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themayorofsimpleton Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him from the Island of Koridai (Captain) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
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Hantengu, the Upper Rank 4
#10: Jun 17th 2021 at 7:27:30 AM

Yard it.

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GastonRabbit C'est la vie. (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
C'est la vie. (he/him)
#11: Jun 17th 2021 at 7:58:43 AM

On second thought, Yarding it isn't a bad idea.

I got a rock for Halloween.
Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#12: Jun 17th 2021 at 8:00:58 AM

Mainly voting for merging so that those few valid examples have a place to go for the present and not be stuck in TRS limbo. I'd rather they be under Hard-to-Light Fire for now and be split off later (we can even catalogue splittable examples here to make the splitting easier) than wait for someone to make them a trope, maybe, in the vague future.

GastonRabbit C'est la vie. (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
C'est la vie. (he/him)
#13: Jun 17th 2021 at 8:09:13 AM

[up]That's a good point, now that you mention it.

I got a rock for Halloween.
jandn2014 SMILE! from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
SMILE!
#14: Jun 17th 2021 at 8:17:40 AM

Yard it.

Edited by jandn2014 on Jun 17th 2021 at 11:17:45 AM

Karxrida from Eureka, the Forbidden Land Since: May, 2012 Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
#15: Jun 17th 2021 at 10:26:19 AM

Throw it back into the yard.

WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (10,238/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (10,238/50,000)
#16: Jun 17th 2021 at 11:09:07 AM

I don't mind yarding this idea and also merging some of the examples into Hard-to-Light Fire, at least as a way to keep them around for the future.

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idonom from wouldn't you like to know, weatherboy Since: Apr, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#17: Jun 17th 2021 at 11:50:20 AM

Yard it, it does sound like a valid trope to me (though perhaps with a different name, as it could get confused for Down to the Last Play)

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selkies TOO serious! from Guess, guess, guess Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
TOO serious!
#18: Jun 20th 2021 at 1:03:16 PM

I say merge. I think it wasn't thriving bc it became a Forgotten Trope now that got replaced with lighters, which Hard-to-Light Fire already covers. Not worth salvaging.

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themayorofsimpleton Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him from the Island of Koridai (Captain) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him
#19: Jun 21st 2021 at 5:29:27 AM
crazysamaritan NaNo 4328 / 50,000 from Lupin III Since: Apr, 2010
NaNo 4328 / 50,000
#20: Jun 24th 2021 at 11:27:31 PM

Opinions on this seem pretty split (I prefer merging into the supertrope and leaving the option of a TLP draft on the condition that a Standing number of examples can be found — evaluated based on 4+ years, not newly made).

We will need a Page Action crowner here. Here's my attempt to summarize;

  • A) Move examples to the TLP Salvage Yard.
  • B) Move examples to the supertrope.
  • C) Cut the page.
    Mutually exclusive with D
  • D) Redirect the page to the supertrope.
    Mutually exclusive with C

Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#22: Jun 29th 2021 at 1:29:44 AM

Someone already attached it...

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eroock Since: Sep, 2012
#23: Jun 30th 2021 at 10:37:29 AM

[down] Mistook the trope for Down to the Last Play.

Edited by eroock on Jun 30th 2021 at 12:01:33 PM

WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (10,238/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (10,238/50,000)
#24: Jun 30th 2021 at 10:38:14 AM

Why would that be true? Are you misunderstanding the title? It means "match" as in a "matchstick", not a "fight".

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GastonRabbit C'est la vie. (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
C'est la vie. (he/him)
#25: Jul 1st 2021 at 9:20:39 AM

Both moving examples to Hard-to-Light Fire and redirecting to Hard-to-Light Fire have high amounts of consensus in favor of them, but are they mutually exclusive? By that, I mean does the former mean cutting Down to the Last Match entirely after moving examples, while the latter means keeping Down to the Last Match as a redirect after moving examples?

I got a rock for Halloween.

PageAction: DownToTheLastMatch
28th Jun '21 12:14:57 PM

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What would be the best way to fix the page?

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